Historic Sites of Manitoba: Souris School No. 285 (1884-1960)

The Souris School District was established formally, in the village of Souris, in 1884. Originally occupying a wood frame structure, the school moved into a two-storey, brick building in 1894, designed by Brandon architect W. H. Shillinglaw. In 1912, a second school building, designed by local architect C. H. Brindle, was erected beside it for use as a Collegiate.

In January 1960, the school became Souris Consolidated School No. 2388 when it was consolidated with several districts from the surrounding countryside, including Breezelawn School No. 169, Riverview School No. 279, Whitefield School No. 473, Botany School No. 486, Huntingdon School No. 542, and Wolflea School No. 590. As other rural schools closed, such as Lily School No. 382, their students came here too.

The collegiate building was demolished in 1960 but the original building continued to be used until at least the 1990s. It too was eventually demolished.

Principals of Souris School

Period	Principal
1899-1900	Samuel Henry Forrest (1873-1963)
1900-1902	Harry Harvey Greenway (1879-1906)
1902-1909	Joseph William Gordon (1868-1954)
1910	James Erron Stanley Dunlop (1882-1945)
1910-1913	?
1913-1916	Robert McKay Stevenson (1882-1970)
1916-1917	Sydney E. Clark (1880-1963)
1917-1920	William Dakin
1920-1922	J. E. Cooper
1922-1923	Henry Dennison
1923-1929	Grace Frances Huntley (1891-1977)
1929-1930	C. J. Burrows
1930-1932	Melvin T. Woods
1932-1935	W. H. McIntyre
1935-1938	George E. Pickard
1938-1941	George Archibald Coulthard (1890-1964)
1941-1945	Maurice R. Loree
1945-1946	W. H. Walker
1946-1947	Bertha E. Nelson
1947-1951	Samuel Alfred Wright (1900-1966)
1951-1962	James Alvin Leslie (?-1973)
1962-1967	J. J. Gisinger
1967-1973	M. Zuk

Other teachers at Souris School included H. L. Adolph, and J. W. Beckett.

Postcard of Souris Collegiate, right, and Public School, left (no date) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2012-0037 Souris School with Collegiate in the background (no date) by A. J. Hatcher Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 14. Site Location (lat/long): N49.62118, W100.25712 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950.

Information for this page was collected and prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 June 2013

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